Source: National Park Service Southern California’s winter has felt unusually wet this year. Storm after storm rolled in, soaking cities and even the driest desert valleys. Now that moisture is starting to show its impact in a quieter, more colourful way. Wildflowers are popping up across desert landscapes that often look harsh and lifeless. Visitors…
For years, her Ramadan posts were polished, curated outfits, styled iftars, carefully lit reflections for millions of followers. This year, Rawan Bin Hussain says it will look nothing like that.After what she calls the most difficult year of her life, the UAE-based influencer is marking her first Ramadan following a six-month jail sentence with a…
World-famous Circus Cirque du Soleil brings ‘Corteo’ to Qatar this april / Image: file Residents in Qatar have a new date to mark on their calendars. The world-famous Cirque du Soleil is bringing its spectacular production Corteo to Doha for a limited six-day run from April 8 to April 13, 2026, with eight live performances…
UAE approved a three-year academic calendar covering 2026 to 2029 for public and private schools/Image: File Parents, pupils and school leaders across the UAE now have clarity well in advance.. The Ministry of Education has approved the academic calendar for the next three school years, covering 2026–2027, 2027–2028 and 2028–2029, setting fixed start dates, term…
Photos of violence in Mexico (Photo: AP) Mexico witnessed one of its most intense waves of violence in the last 24-hour after the killing of its most-wanted drug lord, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as “El Mencho” on Sunday.His death during a military operation in Jalisco triggered coordinated retaliation by cartel members, leading to arson…
A North Carolina mother of three who disappeared just weeks before Christmas in 2001 has been found alive nearly 24 years later, stunning her family and reopening one of the region’s most puzzling missing-person cases. Michele Lyn Hundley Smith, who vanished at the age of 38 after leaving her home in Eden to go shopping,…
Who is Cheesur? Twitch and Kick streamer Nermin Dzaferovic trends after viral claims about CJNG leader El Mencho intel (Image via Getty) Kick and Twitch streamer Cheesur is suddenly at the center of a huge online storm. Viral posts are claiming he gave “critical intel” that helped Mexican forces track down and kill cartel leader…
Indian-origin billionaire Vinod Khosla launched a blistering attack on US lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna in a post on X, criticising their warnings about artificial intelligence. Khosla wrote: “Bernie Sanders, Ro Khanna warn of AI’s potential negative consequences. Morons like Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders will stop all the good AI can do to…
DHAKA: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has come out all guns blazing against Muhammad Yunus, accusing the former interim govt chief of hatching conspiracies to overthrow him as well as destabilise the country, and create a constitutional vacuum.“They tried to keep me in the dark. They did not want the people to recognise me. They did…
It was a regular afternoon in May 1995 in Sarajevo. Twelve-year-old Djemil Hodzic was out playing with his elder brother, Amel, 16, in their neighbourhood, amid the chatter and laughter of children and parents gathered nearby. Amel was playing tennis while Djemil and his friends were busy with marbles. Suddenly, Amel stiffened, struggling to catch…
